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It really does depend, you can find interesting stories in almost every person but it can take years. There are lots of researchers who work on the show, and each crawl a different line of the celebrities trees.

Mine too!! I get a little pain in my heart when I see other people's ancestors in census records being lawyers, bankers, and even circus performers... but here I am with farmer after farmer after farmer.

However, the fact that my ancestors were around when Halifax and Lunenburg were founded is pretty darn cool. Also many of them got married and attended the first and second Anglican churches in N. America.

Getting closer to modern times, a few more interesting jobs such as cop, railway workers, and so forth.

The most interesting tale from my ancestors on my dad's maternal side. Was a very distant ancestor who was tried as a witch in Germany, she joined with the Lutheran movement at the time, and so was tried as a witch, put to the stake, and some how survived being burned.

They locked her up, someone helped her escape, and she fled to the neighbouring county where witch trials were illegal.

I've got boring farmers and miners in my lines. But back in the 1700s I've got a guy who was a convicted serial arsonist. . . I like to bring him up when someone tells me that they're descended from royalty.